Microservices Job Trends

Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 83 50
Rank change year-on-year -36 -33 -12
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,160 1,853 2,587
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.94% 3.34% 5.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.37% 3.71% 5.47%
Number of salaries quoted 786 1,032 1,989
10th Percentile £52,500 £47,257 £48,750
25th Percentile £61,250 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% -3.45% -6.45%
75th Percentile £96,250 £88,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £123,750 £112,500 £110,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,914 49,911 47,327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.01% 89.84% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 28,739 24,946 36,141
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,552
25th Percentile £36,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.34%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 28 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 28 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -21 1,076 £77,500 +10.71% 1,816
London +7 604 £85,000 - 594
UK excluding London -84 499 £70,000 +7.69% 1,373
Work from Home -27 489 £75,000 +11.11% 1,155
North of England -27 218 £70,000 +12.00% 345
North West -10 116 £66,250 +1.92% 183
South East -98 100 £75,000 +7.14% 354
Yorkshire -18 87 £75,000 +22.54% 135
Midlands -18 64 £75,000 +15.38% 241
South West -59 52 £65,000 +4.00% 145
West Midlands +10 38 £71,250 +14.00% 122
Scotland -58 32 £72,500 +3.57% 68
East of England -14 28 £80,000 +39.13% 177
East Midlands -26 24 £77,500 +19.23% 105
North East -1 15 £61,350 +16.86% 27
Wales -12 5 £55,200 +10.40% 46
Northern Ireland -16 3 - - 22
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 31 (2.67%) Apache Airflow
2 26 (2.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 24 (2.07%) Apache
3 24 (2.07%) Apache Spark
3 24 (2.07%) Confluence
4 13 (1.12%) OpenStack
5 10 (0.86%) Appian
5 10 (0.86%) JBoss
6 9 (0.78%) CMS
7 8 (0.69%) WebSphere
8 6 (0.52%) nginx
9 5 (0.43%) Apache Pulsar
9 5 (0.43%) IIS
10 3 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.17%) Liferay
12 1 (0.086%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.086%) ColdFusion
12 1 (0.086%) NServiceBus
12 1 (0.086%) SharePoint
12 1 (0.086%) Tomcat
Applications
1 22 (1.90%) Maya
2 14 (1.21%) MS Visio
3 12 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.34%) PlantUML
5 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.17%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 17 (1.47%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (0.78%) Endur
2 9 (0.78%) SAP FS
3 8 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.26%) Shopify
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.086%) Actimize
8 1 (0.086%) Bloomberg AIM
8 1 (0.086%) Distributed Ledger
8 1 (0.086%) Fidessa
8 1 (0.086%) Quorum
8 1 (0.086%) R3 Corda
8 1 (0.086%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 613 (52.84%) AWS
2 551 (47.50%) Azure
3 196 (16.90%) Serverless
4 189 (16.29%) GCP
5 159 (13.71%) SaaS
6 124 (10.69%) GitHub
7 116 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
8 81 (6.98%) Amazon S3
9 78 (6.72%) Amazon EKS
10 75 (6.47%) AWS Lambda
11 64 (5.52%) Amazon ECS
12 61 (5.26%) PaaS
13 55 (4.74%) GitHub Actions
14 52 (4.48%) Amazon SQS
15 48 (4.14%) AWS CloudFormation
16 41 (3.53%) IaaS
17 38 (3.28%) Power Platform
18 37 (3.19%) Amazon EC2
19 33 (2.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
20 32 (2.76%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 11 (0.95%) HTTP
2 9 (0.78%) AMQP
3 7 (0.60%) Network Security
4 4 (0.34%) Internet
4 4 (0.34%) WAN
5 3 (0.26%) Broadband
5 3 (0.26%) Multicast
6 2 (0.17%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.17%) LAN
6 2 (0.17%) SNMP
6 2 (0.17%) SSL
7 1 (0.086%) MQTT
7 1 (0.086%) TCAP
7 1 (0.086%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 168 (14.48%) NoSQL
2 162 (13.97%) PostgreSQL
3 145 (12.50%) MongoDB
4 132 (11.38%) SQL Server
5 63 (5.43%) Relational Database
6 60 (5.17%) DynamoDB
7 53 (4.57%) MySQL
8 43 (3.71%) Azure SQL Database
9 40 (3.45%) Elasticsearch
10 29 (2.50%) Redis
11 23 (1.98%) Big Data
11 23 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
11 23 (1.98%) Power BI
12 21 (1.81%) RDBMS
13 17 (1.47%) Tableau
14 16 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
15 15 (1.29%) DB2
16 12 (1.03%) BigQuery
17 10 (0.86%) Data Lake
18 9 (0.78%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 158 (13.62%) Git
2 123 (10.60%) Jenkins
3 57 (4.91%) JIRA
4 48 (4.14%) GitLab
5 43 (3.71%) JUnit
6 42 (3.62%) Selenium
7 34 (2.93%) Cucumber
8 28 (2.41%) TeamCity
9 26 (2.24%) JMeter
9 26 (2.24%) Mockito
10 22 (1.90%) Cypress.io
11 21 (1.81%) Bitbucket
12 17 (1.47%) Oracle Forms
13 14 (1.21%) CircleCI
14 12 (1.03%) Maven
15 10 (0.86%) Postman
16 9 (0.78%) LoadRunner
17 8 (0.69%) git-flow
18 7 (0.60%) Snyk
19 6 (0.52%) REST Assured
General
1 348 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 339 (29.22%) Finance
3 115 (9.91%) Banking
4 108 (9.31%) Analytical Skills
5 101 (8.71%) Law
6 67 (5.78%) Public Sector
7 57 (4.91%) Retail
8 48 (4.14%) Games
9 46 (3.97%) Financial Institution
10 35 (3.02%) Telecoms
11 31 (2.67%) French Language
12 30 (2.59%) Dutch Language
12 30 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 27 (2.33%) Marketing
14 26 (2.24%) Billing
14 26 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
15 25 (2.16%) Back Office
16 24 (2.07%) Legal
17 21 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
18 16 (1.38%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 401 (34.57%) Developer
2 266 (22.93%) Senior
3 239 (20.60%) Architect
4 192 (16.55%) Software Engineer
5 176 (15.17%) Lead
6 115 (9.91%) Solutions Architect
7 100 (8.62%) .NET Developer
8 99 (8.53%) Java Developer
9 91 (7.84%) Senior Developer
10 90 (7.76%) Full-Stack Developer
11 62 (5.34%) Senior Software Engineer
12 58 (5.00%) Java Engineer
13 56 (4.83%) Lead Developer
14 50 (4.31%) Software Developer
15 44 (3.79%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 41 (3.53%) Cloud Engineer
16 41 (3.53%) Full-Stack Java Developer
17 38 (3.28%) Lead Architect
18 35 (3.02%) Java Software Engineer
19 34 (2.93%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 300 (25.86%) .NET
2 279 (24.05%) React
3 246 (21.21%) RESTful
4 197 (16.98%) Spring
5 195 (16.81%) REST
6 180 (15.52%) Kafka
7 171 (14.74%) Spring Boot
8 144 (12.41%) AngularJS
8 144 (12.41%) Node.js
9 119 (10.26%) .NET Core
10 98 (8.45%) HTML
11 76 (6.55%) .NET Framework
12 69 (5.95%) ASP.NET
12 69 (5.95%) CSS
13 63 (5.43%) ASP.NET Web API
14 60 (5.17%) RabbitMQ
15 56 (4.83%) Entity Framework
15 56 (4.83%) Middleware
16 51 (4.40%) Hibernate
16 51 (4.40%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 304 (26.21%) Cloud Native
2 173 (14.91%) Distributed Systems
3 126 (10.86%) Enterprise Software
4 100 (8.62%) Product Ownership
5 48 (4.14%) Greenfield Project
5 48 (4.14%) Legacy Systems
6 33 (2.84%) Data Structures
7 31 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
8 30 (2.59%) Virtual Team
9 28 (2.41%) Algorithms
10 25 (2.16%) Blockchain
11 24 (2.07%) Distributed Architecture
12 23 (1.98%) AI Agents
13 22 (1.90%) Onboarding
14 17 (1.47%) Low-Code
15 16 (1.38%) Management Information System
15 16 (1.38%) Mobile App
15 16 (1.38%) Public Cloud
16 15 (1.29%) IoT
17 12 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 53 (4.57%) Linux
2 23 (1.98%) Windows
3 20 (1.72%) Android
4 10 (0.86%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.26%) CentOS
5 3 (0.26%) Debian
5 3 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.26%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.17%) VMS
6 2 (0.17%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.086%) Fedora
7 1 (0.086%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 592 (51.03%) Agile
2 532 (45.86%) CI/CD
3 489 (42.16%) DevOps
4 363 (31.29%) Software Engineering
5 275 (23.71%) Full-Stack Development
6 271 (23.36%) Containerisation
7 252 (21.72%) AI
8 237 (20.43%) Mentoring
9 232 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
10 203 (17.50%) Event-Driven
11 195 (16.81%) Continuous Improvement
12 180 (15.52%) Computer Science
13 158 (13.62%) TDD
14 156 (13.45%) Roadmaps
14 156 (13.45%) Test Automation
15 155 (13.36%) Scrum
16 144 (12.41%) Technical Leadership
17 133 (11.47%) Clean Code
18 130 (11.21%) SDLC
19 126 (10.86%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 388 (33.45%) Java
2 290 (25.00%) C#
3 288 (24.83%) Python
4 276 (23.79%) SQL
5 258 (22.24%) JavaScript
6 205 (17.67%) TypeScript
7 62 (5.34%) Go
8 35 (3.02%) Shell Script
9 29 (2.50%) PL/SQL
10 24 (2.07%) C++
11 23 (1.98%) PHP
12 21 (1.81%) C
13 19 (1.64%) Bash
14 17 (1.47%) Ruby
15 15 (1.29%) Kotlin
15 15 (1.29%) PowerShell
16 13 (1.12%) Rust
17 7 (0.60%) Scala
18 6 (0.52%) Bicep
18 6 (0.52%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 206 (17.76%) Degree
2 131 (11.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 94 (8.10%) Security Cleared
4 70 (6.03%) SC Cleared
5 66 (5.69%) AWS Certification
6 57 (4.91%) Master's Degree
7 46 (3.97%) TOGAF Certification
8 41 (3.53%) Azure Certification
9 36 (3.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 29 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (1.29%) AWS Certified Developer
12 14 (1.21%) DV Cleared
13 9 (0.78%) PMI Certification
13 9 (0.78%) PMP
14 6 (0.52%) CISM
14 6 (0.52%) CISSP
15 5 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (0.43%) ISTQB
16 3 (0.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 2 (0.17%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (7.50%) QA
2 23 (1.98%) GDPR
3 22 (1.90%) Accessibility
4 17 (1.47%) PCI DSS
5 11 (0.95%) IFRS
5 11 (0.95%) SLA
6 10 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (0.78%) IFRS 17
7 9 (0.78%) NIST
7 9 (0.78%) Solvency II
8 8 (0.69%) Data Quality
8 8 (0.69%) EMIR
8 8 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (0.52%) NCSC
10 5 (0.43%) WCAG
11 3 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.26%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.26%) SEPA
12 2 (0.17%) PSD2
12 2 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 354 (30.52%) Docker
2 15 (1.29%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.17%) Firmware
4 2 (0.17%) Terminal Server
4 2 (0.17%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.17%) vSphere
5 1 (0.086%) HDFS
5 1 (0.086%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 343 (29.57%) Kubernetes
2 175 (15.09%) Terraform
3 43 (3.71%) Ansible
3 43 (3.71%) Grafana
4 27 (2.33%) Kibana
5 18 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
6 15 (1.29%) Prometheus
7 13 (1.12%) Argo
8 5 (0.43%) Puppet
9 4 (0.34%) HP Fortify
9 4 (0.34%) Kubeflow
9 4 (0.34%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.26%) Istio
11 2 (0.17%) Rancher
12 1 (0.086%) Kustomize
12 1 (0.086%) Nagios
Vendors
1 184 (15.86%) Microsoft
2 64 (5.52%) Oracle
3 28 (2.41%) Guidewire
4 27 (2.33%) Google
5 23 (1.98%) Salesforce
5 23 (1.98%) SAP
6 21 (1.81%) Splunk
7 20 (1.72%) Dynatrace
8 19 (1.64%) OpenAI
9 18 (1.55%) BiZZdesign
10 14 (1.21%) MuleSoft
11 13 (1.12%) CrowdStrike
12 12 (1.03%) Atlassian
12 12 (1.03%) Duck Creek
13 11 (0.95%) IBM
13 11 (0.95%) Software AG
14 10 (0.86%) Fortinet
14 10 (0.86%) Palo Alto
15 9 (0.78%) Red Hat
16 8 (0.69%) OpenLink